After emergency personnel removed the driver who was pinned under his truck, he was reportedly immediately transported to the hospital in Shreveport.

Westbound traffic on Interstate 20 backed up for miles Thursday morning following a rollover accident between Ruston and Grambling.
Responders from the Ruston Fire Department, Lincoln Parish Fire Department, Grambling Fire Department, Ruston Police, Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Office and Louisiana State Police worked for around an hour to free a worker for the Bienville Parish Police Jury who was driving the truck.

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Several local children are in need of some Christmas cheer this holiday season. Both the Emerson Centre and the Junior Auxiliary are still seeking individuals to sponsor children for the holidays.

Rick Emerson, founder of the Emerson Centre, said their Christmas Bears program is held each year for the holidays. The program allows each child the Emerson Centre serves to write a Christmas wish on a bear. Then community members pick up a bear and help to meet that need.

“My wife, she’s one of the main cogs,” Emerson said. “The people over in the (Louisiana Tech University) Comptroller’s Office and people at the (Tech) bookstore are big helps.”

Area residents were allowed a chance to comment on a proposed state water management plan at a meeting on Nov. 8. And, for the most part residents weren’t pleased with what the plan had to say.

More than 50 area residents — including Sparta Ground Water Commissioners, Ruston Mayor Dan Hollingsworth and other local leaders — gathered at the Louisiana Tech University Institute for Micromanufacturing Auditorium to express their concerns over what they believed were crucial items missing from the plan.

The Louisiana Tech University School of Performing Arts is set to present “Proof,” a play that explores the human element of relationships.

“It is a study in common relations,” Paul B. Crook, director of recruiting for the department of theatre, said. “It explores the fragility of the human existence, how relationships are formed and how they are maintained.”